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,UNITED STATES PATENT,01351013A FRANCESCO SIERL, OF DAYTON, OHIO,ASSIGNOR TO THE NATIONAL CASH REGISTER g i COMPANY, OF DAYTON, OHIO.

TICKET-ISSUINGl ACCOUNTING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 7, 1919.

Original application'led November 20, 1913, Serial No. 802,101. Dividedand this application filed .T une 14,

` 1915. Serial No. 33,990.

To all whom t may concern.'

` Be it known that I, FRANCESCO SKEnL, a citizen of Austria, residing atDayton, in

`the county of' Montgomery and State ot Ohio, have invented certain newandl useful Improvements in Ticket-Issuing Accounting-Machines,oil whichI declare the f ollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description.This invention relates to, ticket issuing machines and more particularlyto that class adapted to issue one or more tickets ofvarious'denominations at one operation of the machine.

All of the patentable subject matter'dis- Closed in this application isnot claimed herein, this application being a division of an 'application`for United States Letters Patent tiled Nov. 20, 1913, Serial No.802101. One of the chief sources of loss to the proprietors of theaters,moving picture shows, museums, exhibits, circuses and the like, of baseball parks and attractions at amusement parks, and also in ticketotlices of elevated, subway and other railways as well as othertransportation systems, and in "fact wherever tickets'or checks are soldand used is the dishonesty practised by ticket sellers inreselling'tickets which have been used. To prevent such dishonesty ofthe ticket seller, separate ticket takers are usually employed but ithas been found that this is not always an effectual check upon theticket seller as the employee who collects the ticket can by collusionwith the seller return them to the latter who can again sell them. Thiscan be readily done without great danger of detection as the tickets areusually printed andfalthough the tickets are ordinarily consecutivelynumbered yet no means of registering the number of tickets sold andresold is employed so that so long as the money turned over by theseller to the proprietor represents the value of the tickets sold butonce as evidenced'by the difference between the number of the irstticket sold at the beginning of the day and the number of the ticketleft on the ticket roll at the end of the days business, the proprietoris unable to discover whether the seller yhas been dishonest inreselling used tickets or not. Various other methods have been devisedto prevent such dishonesty, but 'most' of them are defective inasmuch asthey leave a channel by which the proprietor can be defrauded either byone of his employees or by the purchasers. y

A few ticket machines have been constructed which are designed toprevent such dishonesty but some of these machines are adapted to issueone ormore tickets of but one denomination while yothers have beendesigned to issue but one ticket of different denominations at oneoperation of the machine. Both of theseclasses of machines have beenmore or less eiective in preventing the reselling of tickets, and inretaining records of the business done in the machine, but as many ofthe places of business, such as those enumerated above, sell tickets ot'different denominations and also one or more to one purchaser at a time,a machine which issues a ticket of but one denomination or but oneticket does not completely fulfil the requirements of such business asthe use of the former limits the tickets to one value while the use ofthe latter requires a distinct and separate operation of the machine forevery ticket issued to a purchaser whether he buys one or more ticketsat the same time.

The principal object,`therefore, of this invention is to provide amachine so as to eliminate as far as possible the loss occasioned by thereselling of used tickets and also so `that a desired number of ticketsof a desired denomination can be promptly obtained by the purchaser at asingle operation of the machine.

It was a further object of this invention to compel operation ofmanipulative means controlling the number of tickets tobe issued firstand subsequently the operation of manipulative means controlling thedenomination of the ticket to be issued when more than one ticket of thedesired denomination is to be issued at one operation of the machine.yOperation of the latter means without a preceding manipulation of theformer causes the'machine to issue but one ticket at a single operation.Such a construction in which the manipulative means :tor'determining thenumber of tickets to be issued at one operation is not operated when oneticket only is desired, renders the operation of the machine simpler andthe cost kof construction cheaper thanif the machine was designed sothat manipulative means controlling the number of tickets to be issuedhad to be adjusted to issue a single ticket.

Another obj ect of this invention is to embody in such a machine novelmechanism for issuing a definite number of tickets yat a reduced pricein consideration of the patron purchasing such a number of tickets at asingle purchase. In the preferred form thisV novel mechanism isconstructed to issue six 5c tickets for twenty-five cents but of courseit is clear that the machine could be easily designed to issue anydefinite number of tickets of any denomination, at a reduced price, themechanism shown in the drawings as being adapted to issue six ticketsfor a quarter being for illustrative purposes only.

It is too an object of this invention to embody in such a machine novelmechanism for printing the tickets as they are issued therebyeliminating the carrying of large numbers of valid tickets which mightat any time be stolen and used.

Yet another object is to provide in a machine in the preferred :form aprinting and issuing mechanism for each denomination of tickets so thata different color ticket roll can be used for each denomination. Such aconstruction is of decided advantage as the ticket taker if there isone, or the ticket seller if no ticket taker is employed Land the fareboX is used in which the purchaser drops his ticket, can readily discern'the denomination of the ticket without taking time to see the printeddenomination there* on. Such a system is of peculiar value in the lattercase, that is when a fare box or' other receptacle is used. Such fareboXes usually have a glass displayer so that the ticket taker or sellercan see that the proper ticket has been inserted in the boX and if allthe tickets were of the same color but of different denominations itwould be neces sary to print the amount on both sides of the tickets asthe latter are often inserted upside down so that the printed amountcannot be seen, when the ticket is printed on but one side. Even byprinting the value of a ticket on both sides the value of the ticket isnot so readily seen as when the different colored tickets are issuedfrom different ticket rolls.

Another object of the invention is to provide a novel device forpartially severing the ticket strip between the tickets as they areissued at a single operation of the machine and completely severing thelast ticket from the strip. By the employment of such a device thepurchaser can easily withdraw his tickets attached to one another fromthe machine, still enabling the purchaser or ticket taker to readily andneatly detach the tickets from one another.

Still another object of the invention is to embody in such a machinetotalizing and counter mechanisms with improved actuating deviceswhereby the value of all of the tickets issued by the machine isaccumulated, the number of tickets of each denomination is separatelyregistered, the total number of tickets is registered in a singlecounter and the number of times the counters for separately registeringthe number of tickets issued are turned to zero is registered.

Other objects of the specific constructions disclosed are to prevent theoperation of the machine until one of the keys determining thedenomination of the tickets to be issued is depressed, and fortemporarily retaining one of the keys determining the number of ticketsto be issued in depressed position until one of the keys determining thevalue of the tickets is depressed, after which the operated keys in bothseries are locked in their depressed position until near the end of theoperation of the machine.

Before one of the amount keys is depressedv a depressed key controllingthe number of tickets to be issued can be released by opera tion of arelease key. A novel device is also shown for preventing the turning tozero of the daily totalizer after an amount key isl depressed, and amechanism is disclosed for positively alining transferring devices forthe totalizers.

With these and incidental objects in view, the invention consists incertain novel features of construction and combinations of parts, theessential elements of which are set forth in appended claims, and apreferred form of embodiment of which is hereinafter described withreference to the drawings which accompany and form part of thespecification.

Figure l is a top plan View of a machine constructed in accordance withthe invention shown herein, with the cabinet removed to expose themechanism of the machine to view.

Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section taken just within the right handend of the machine looking to the left and showing the differentialmechanism and the machine locking mechanism controlled by the keys inthe amount or denomination bank and also showing the main drivingconnections.

Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section taken along the line X-X of Fig.1, and lookingr in the direction of the arrows. Fig. 3 is a perspectiveview of an alining device for the transfer elements of the dailytotalizer.

Fig. 4L is a transverse vertical section taken along the line Y-Y ofFig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows, with some of themechanism removed to show more clearly the device controlling the numberof tickets to be issued by the machine.

Fig. 5, like Fig. 2 is also a transverse vertical section taken justwithin the right hand side frame of the machine, with the drivingconnections, and also the mechanism controlling the differentialposition of the act ators for the totalizers shown in Fig. 2 removed.

Fig. 6 is a left hand side elevation of the machine with the left handside frame for the machine removed to expose the ticket printing andissuing mechanisms more clearly to view, and with the grand totalizerremoved to show the daily totalizer.

Fig. 7 is a detail view of the bank of amount or denomination keys andthe mechanism controlled thereby for selectively connecting the desiredticket issuing device to the main operating mechanism.

Fig. 8 is a top plan view of the selecting mechanism shown in Fig. 7.

Fig. 9 is a rear elevation of the printing and issuing mechanisms shownin Fig. 6.

Fig. 10 is a detail view` of parts of the motor clutch and theconnections from the motor locking arm to the differential mechanismcontrolling the variable operation of the motor.

Fig. 11 is a detail view of the daily totalizer employed to accumulatethe value of the tickets issued, and of the grand ticket counteremployed to register the total number of tickets issued.

Fig. 12 is a detail view of the device employed to positively lock thetransfer means for the grand and daily totalizer from operation whilethe machine is not in operation and to aline the transfer means afterthe totalizers have been actuated.

Figs. 13 and 14 respectively are detail views of a detent and plateemployed to lock the amount or denomination keys in operated ordepressed positions, and to disable a device normally locking themachine against operation.

Figs. 15 and 16 respectively are detail views of a plate and detentemployed to determine the number of tickets to be issued at eachoperation of the machine and to temporarily retain the depressed numberkey in depressed position until the beginning of the operation of theoperating mechanism.

Fig. 17 is a detail view of a cam and pitman employed to operate theactuators for the totalizers.

Fig. 18 is a detail of the grand totalizer.

Fig. 19 is a detail view showing the severknit'e edges for the ticketsand' their respective supporting frames in cross section.

Figs. 2O and 21 respectively are perspective views of the stationaryknife edges and of the movable knife edges carried by their supportingbar.

The specific embodiment of the invention shown in the drawings isillustrative only as the invention is equally applicable to other typesof accounting machines. The invention as shown in the preferred form isapplied to a ticket machine intended when in use to be suitably placedso that the tickets issued will be accessible to the customers and notto the operator of the machine, thus bringing about a condition whichwould make noticeable attempts to defraud by reselling used tickets. Forinstance, the machine may be placed in the window of a ticket oiiice sothat the tickets as they pass through the top of the cabinet near therear of the machine will extend through a hole or slot in the window ofthe ticket ofiice so that only the purchaser can remove the tickets. ahood or chute being provided on the cabinet to prevent the operator fromreaching the tickets by means of his finger or any instrument insertedbetween the opening in the cabinet and the hole in the window. Themachine is designed to issue tickets through the top of the cabinetinstead of through the rear as in some businesses, such as circuses: andside shows, tickets are sold from high platforms and it is necessary forthe ticket sellers to remove the tickets vfrom the machine and hand themto the customer and conditions may also exist in other businesses inwhich it is desirable for the operator to handle the tickets in whichcases the machine is positioned so that the operator has access to thetickets as they are issued. The machine is equipped with a key for eachdenomination in which the tickets are issued. These keys are arranged ina bank or series and will be referred to herein as amount ordenomination keys. To operate the machine when only one ticket isdesired, the operator need only press the proper amount key, the machinethen automatically printing and issuing the ticket of the desireddenomination, and operating a grand and daily totalizer` according tothe value of the ticket, a total ticket counter employed to register thetotal number of tickets issued, and individual ticket counters, one'`for each key, employed to register the number of tickets of the samevalue issued.

There is an additional bank or series ot keys, one for each number ottickets that the machine is designed to issue at one operation of thelatter, and the keys in this bank will be called the ticket or numberkeys.

Depression of a number key in the preferred form permits actuation of adetent plate for temporarily retaining the'key in depressed position andalso moves a reciprocating plate diii'erentially. This latter plate isconnected to a lever carrying a stop the extent of diii'erentialmovement of which determines the extent of movement of a spring actuatedmember. The amount key representing the value of the tickets to beissued is then operated and such operation actuates a plate to aninvariab-le extent and permits actuation of detents for locking thedepressed keys in both the amount and number banks in depressed positionuntil near the end of the operation of the machine. The plate moved aninvariable extent by the amount keys is normally connected to the abovementioned spring actuated member and prevents movement of the member,and movement of this plate by the key disables such connections so thatthe spring actuated lmember is rocked into engagement with thepreviously positioned stop. An arm :for normally locking the machineagainst operation is connected to this spring actuated member andmovement of this latter member as ust mentioned moves the locking armditferentially out of locking position. l/Vhen the amount key lhas beendepressed the crank handle, if the machine is to be so operated, isturned and the operating mechanism given a number of cycles of movementdepending on the number` of tickets to be issued. It a motor is employedto drive the operating mechanism, the locking lever for the clutchconnections of the motor, also being moved by the spring actuatedmember,v will control the extent of operation of the motor and thusdetermine the number of cycles of movement ot the operating mechanism.`Upon each cycle of movement of the operating mechanism a ticket is fed,printed and severed by a ticket issuing device and the locking arm isreturned one step toward its locking position. When the last ticket hasbeen issued the locking members are rendered effective to prevent anoperation of the machine until an amount key is again operated at theneXt operation of the machine.

A plate is also diiiferentially moved when an amount key is operated andas the plate is connected to a sliding member, the differential movementof the plate is imparted directly to the sliding` member. This lattermember has an anti-friction roller which plays in a slot formed in anoscillatory lever and serves as a tulcrum for the lever which isconnected to a shaft which carries actuating racks for the totalizers.Upon every cycle of movement of the main operating mechanism the leveris oscillated and as the fulcrum of the lever has been movedditl'erentially by the amount key depressed the extent of movement ofthe actuating rack at eve-ry cycle or' movement will be commensurate tothe value of the depressed amount key.

The machine in the preferred form ot embodiment is designed to printtickets of four different denominations, namely, 5g?, 10g/5, 20c and 25etickets and also six tickets for a quarter. It is of course to beunderstood thatV a machine can be constructed in accordance with thepresent invention to sue tickets of any denominations, the denominationsof the tickets shown in the drawings being merely used for illustrativepurposes. A separate printing and issuing mechanism for eachdenomination as well as for the six for a quarter tickets is provided,it is desired that the machine issue different colored tickets. Each Otthese printing devices is normally disconnected trom the main operatingmechanism; but each amount key is connected to a device for connectingonly the printing` mechanism corresponding to the key depressed with,the main operating mechanism. Upon each cycle of movement Oi' the mainoperating mechanism one ticket oit the desired denomination when a 5c,10i/E, 20c or 25e ticket is desired, is issued by its respectiveprinting and issuing mechanism. Six 5c tickets for awquarter, however,are issued by the corresponding printing device at a single cycle or'movement ot the main operating mechanism.

An amount key when depressed also sclectively connects the operatingmechanism to its respective individual counter, there being one counterfor each amount key, So that as each ticket. of any denomination isissued one will be added on the counter for that denomination.

Amo/mt keys. rlhe above description briefly points out the generalfeatures of the machine constructed in accordance with the invention.The details appear in the drawings in which l represents the amount ordenomination keys for determining the denomination of the ticket ortickets to be issued and 2 rcpresents the number keys which determinethe number of tickets to be issued. As shown in Fig. l, these keys arearranged in two rows or banks at the right hand side of the machine andthe bank of amount keys is to the right of the number keys. As themachine is designed to issue but one ticket upon operation of an amountkey when no number key is operated, they various mechanisms of themachine and their operation when only an amount key is operated will beirst described and then the devices controlled and operated by thenumber keys 'tor causing a variable dura-tion of operations of thesemechanisms when a number key as well as an amount key is operated willbe taken up in detail.

The amount keys are slidably mounted in ways or notches cut in the lefthand edge of a plate which extends across the top ot the right hand sideof the machine. The right hand edge of a plate 4, which is constructedsimilarly to the plate 8, contacts with the left hand edge of thislatter plate to retain the keys in their ways or notches. The plate 3and arms 5 and 6 (Fig. 2) projecting downwardly from the lower surfaceof the plate near its rearward and forward ends respectively andconnected at their lower ends by a. bar 8, form a trarne having arectangular opening 9 and these parts are preferably cast in one pieceof metal. The horizontal bar 8 of this frame onits left hand side isprovided with vertical slide ways or guides 10 (Fig. 5) in which thelower ends of the amount keys engage to guide the keys in their verticalmovements. A plate 11 (F ig. 7) of approximately the same length as thehorizontal bar 8 is fastened by screws 12 to the left hand side of thebar 8 to prevent any lateral movement of the lower ends of the keys intheir respecw tive slide ways or guides 10. The keys are equipped withshoulders 13 which normally engage the under surface of the plate 3 tolimit outward movement of the keys 1. Springs 15 coiled about the shanksof the keys and under compression between the bar 8 of the key frame andthe shoulders 13 of the keys serveto retain the keys in their normalundepressed positions and also serve to return the keys to thesepositions upon being released near the end of the operation of themachine.

Mach/ae and key locking mechanism.

A complete depression of an amount key releases a motor locking lever topermit the motor to operate the machine and also causes movement of adetent for locking the depressed key in its operated position and forpreventing an operation of the other keys in the bank during anoperation of the machine, and the mechanism by which these results areaccomplished will now be described. A` movable plate 17, shown in detailin Fig. 14 and in assembled position in Fig. 5, is pivotally connectedat its rear end to the vertically extending arm 19 of a bell crank lever20, and the opposite end of the plate 17 is connected at 21 to the upperend of a lever 22. As shown in Fig. 5 the bell crank lever 20 is pivotedby a pin 23 to the left hand side of the arm 5 of the key frame and thelever 22 is pivoted at 24 to the other arm 6 of the key frame. Each keyis provided with two pins 25 and 26 and one of these pins designated bythe character 26 is shown in dotted lines in Figs. 2 and 5 and projectslaterally from the left hand side and near the rear of the shoulder 13on its respective key and the other pin 25 projects from the right handside and near the front of the shoulder so that the axes of the pins arein different vertical planes.y When a key is depressed the pin 26 on theleft hand side of the shoulder of the key engages the inclined edge 28of the notch 29 in the plate 17 and as the respective notches 29 underthe pins 26 on the keys are similarly constructed and inclined inwardlyand downwardly, the depression of any one of the amount keys moves theplate 17 forwardly the same extent swinging the levers 2O and 22 abouttheir pivots. The plate 17 is moved against the tension of a spring 14connected chine.

at 16 to the plate and at they opposite end to a stud 18 projecting fromthe horizontal bar 8 of the key frame. The engagement of the downwardlyextending projection 34 on the lower edge of the plate with the stud 18prevents the spring 14 from pulling the plate past normal position.

Movement of this plate in the manner just described effects theunlocking of the machine through the following described mechanism. Alink 31 (Figs. 2 and 5) is pivoted at 32 to the outer end of thehorizontally extending arm 33 of the bell crank lever 20 and at itslower end the link has a slot 35 into which a pin 36 projecting from anarm 37 passes. The arm 37 forms part of amultiarmed member 38 which isloosely mo-unted on a rod 40, carried by the right hand side frame 41(Fig. 10) and a central supporting frame 42, (Fig. 1) which comprises asolid plate mounted on the base of the ma- The plane face of a lug 43which projects from the free end of a downwardly projecting arm 44 ofthe member 38 is nor- `mally in engagement with the upper plane face ofthe uppermost projection 45 on the rear end of a lever 46 which is fastto a shaft 47 supported by suitable bearings in the right hand sideframe 41 of the machine and the central frame 42. An arm or lever 48 isloosely mounted on the arm 37 by the pin 36 and at its upper end has twoshoulders 49, the upper one of which is normally held under the planeface ofa stud 50k projecting laterally from thel central portion of thelink 31, by the spring 51 which is under tension between the lower endof the arm 48 and an arm 52 of the multi-armed member 38. lVhen one ofthe amount keys 1 is depressedtheplate 17 as described is movedforwardly, rocking Vthe bell crank lever 20 about its pivotal center 23.Such movement of the bell crank lever 20 through the link 31 and the arm48 forming a positive connection between the link 31 `and themulti-armed member 38, rocks the member 38 counter-clockwise as viewedin Figs. 2 and 5 to carry the lug 43 out of engagement with theprojection 45 on the rear end of the lever 46.y The lever 46 is thenrocked counter-clockwise by a spring 55 (Fig. 2) coiled about the shaft47, one end of the spring being bent around a stud 56 projecting fromthe right hand frame of the machine 42 while the other end of the springis bent about alug 57 projecting laterally from a downwardly extendingportion 58 of a locking arm 59 which is also rigidly mounted on theshaft 47.

A stepped member 61 (Fig. 4) is also rigidly mounted on the shaft 47.The construction of this stepped member will be more fully describedhereinafter and it will be suiiicient to say here that the uppermoststop or step 62 is normally one step of movement of the member 6l .froma plate 63 which is rigidly fastened to the 'lower end of a downwardlyextending arm 64 of a bell crank; lever which is loosely mounted on therod l40 and is adapted to be differentially adj usted by the number keys2 in a manner to be described later. When but one ticket is to be issuedthis lever 65 is not moved from normal position as no number key isoperated so that when an amount key is operated and the lug 43 (Figs. 2and 5) is taken out of engagement with the upper face of the uppermostprojection 45 on the rear end of the lever 46, the spring 55 coiledabout the shaft 47 will move the shaft 47 and the stepped plate ormember 61 and the lever 46 rigid with the shaft 47 one step in acounterclockwise direction, and this one step of movement is limited bythe engagement of the first stop 62 of the stepped member 61 with theplate 63 on the bell crank lever 65.

Movement of the lever 46 from normal Vposition in the manner justdescribed perof the notch normally engages a pin 72 arojecting from aforwardly extending arm 73 of a bell crank lever 74 pivoted at 23 to theamount bank key frame. Tlie outer end of the upwardly extending arm 77(Figs. 7 and 13) of the bell crank lever 74 pivotally supports thelocking detent 68 for the amount keys. The forward end of the detent 68is loosely connected by a pin 78 to the upper end of an arm.7 9 pivotedon the pin 24. A spring 82, which is under tension and connected at oneend to a pin 83 on the detent and at the other end to a pin 84 on thekey frame, tends to draw the plate forwardly, but such movement of thedetent is prevented -by the link 69, which, when the lever 46 is in itsnormal position, holds the bell crank lever 74 and therefore the detent68 against forward movement. Vhen, however, an amount key is operatedand the lever 46 is rocked counter-clockwise by the spring 55 the lowerend of the notch 71 in the link 69 is carried downward out of engagementwith the pin 72 on the bell crank lever 74 to permit the spring 82 todraw the detent 68 forward until such movement is limited by theengagement of the vertical edge 86 of a projection 87 on the lower edgeof the detent with the pin 18 projecting from the bar 8 of the keyframe. Upon movement of the detent 68 the lower edge `92 of thehorizontal portion 93 of one of the projections 94 on the detent passesover the pin 26 of its respective key, if the key is operated, to retainthe key in depressed position and the upper edges of the horizontalportions of the other projections 94 pass be- Low the pins 26 of theirrespective keys to prevent the operation of these keys during theoperation of the machine.

Only part of the clutch connections for the electric motor are shown inthe drawings (Fig. 10), it being considered sufficient to state in thisapplication that the motor locking arm 97 normally engages a clutchmember 98 and that movement of the arm from locking engagement permitsoperation of the clutch member and causes simultaneous closing of themotor circuit so that the motor will operate the main drive shaft 100.The clutch connections shown in Fig. 10 are the same as those formingpart of the motor fully shown and described in the present applicantsapplication Serial No. 766,054, filed May 7th, 1913, and for a fulldescription of the same reference may be had thereto.

The main drive shaft 100 is rotated by the engagement of a gear wheel101 (Fig. 2) rigidly mounted on it with the gear wheel 102 havingone-half as many teeth as the gear wheel 101 and rigidly mounted on theshaft 103, which in turn is driven by the motor clutch. To move thelocking arm 97 out of engagement with the clutch connections of themotor, a link 105 (Fig. 10) is pivotally connected at its upper end by apin 106 to a projecting portion 107 of the arm 97 and at its lower endthe link is provided with a notch 108 in which a roller 109 plays, theroller beingmounted on the free end of an arm 110 rigidly mounted on theend of the shaft 47 on the outside of the side frame 41 of the machine.A stud 111 projecting from the side frame 41 of the machine eXtends intoa slot 112 in the link 105 to guide the link in its movements. By thisconstruction it is evident that when the shaft 47 is rockedcounter-clockwise by the spring 55 upon depression of an amount key thearm 110, being also fast to the shaft, will be given a like movement andthrough the link 105 raise the motorlocking arm 97 out of engagementwith the clutch connections to permit an operation of the motor. Anotherlocking arm 59 (Fig. 2) is also pro- 'vided to prevent an operation ofthe inaprojection normally engagesthe upper edge 115 of a block or plate116 which is rigidly mounted to the side of a disk 104 rigidly mountedon the shaft 100. When the shaft 47 is rocked by the spring theprojection 114 of the arm 59 is moved out of engagement with the plate115 and permits rotation of the drive shaft 100 upon which the gearwheel 101 is rigidly mounted.

The depressed key is not released and the machine locking arm 59 and themotor locking arm 97 are not returned to normal locking position untilnear the end of the operation of the machine, but as the operatingmechanism effects the release of a depressed key and the restoration ofthese locking members to normal position through the mechanism justdescribed, this operation of the mechanism may be described here. A bellcrank lever 113 (Fig. 5) carries at the upper end of its verticallyextending arm 119 an anti-friction roller 120 which engages in a camgroove `121 formed in the face of a disk 122 rigidly mounted on thedrive shaft 100. The other arm 123 (Figs. 2 and 5) of the lever 113carries at its outer end a small lever 124 centrally mounted on a pin123. From the upper end of the`lever124 laterallyvprojects a stud 125which is semi-cylindrical in shape and its plane surface is normally outof the path of movement of but almost in the same plane as the lowerplane edge 126 of the lowermost projection or stop 127 on the forwardedge of the lever 46'so that when the lever 46 is rocked one step in acounter-clockwise direction and just before movement of the lever 113 iseffected, as willA be described, the stud 125 will be just one step ofmovement above the lowermost projection 127. The lower end of the lever124 carries an anti-friction roller 129 playing in a slot 130 in anenlarged portion 131 formed on the outer end of an arm 132. The arm 132forms part of a lever 133 which is loosely mounted on the shaft 47. Theslot 130 is eccentric with the shaft 47 and the upper end of the slotwith which the roller is normally in contact is nearer the shaft than isthe lower end of the slot. The upwardly extending arm 135 (Fig. 4) ofthe lever 133 is equipped'with a roller 136 and the roller works in acam groove 137 formed in the face of a disk 133 also rigidly mount ed onthe main drive shaft 100.

The operation of the above described mechanism for returning the machinelocking lever 59 and the motor locking arm 97 to normal position and formoving` the locking detent 63 out of lockingposition with the amountkeys is as follows: Depression of an amount key as already explainedmoves the plate 17 rearward (Fig. 5) and because of the engagement ofthe shoulder 49 with the stud 50 on the link 31 the multi-armed member33 is rocked counter-clockwise to carry the lug 43 on the arm 44 of themember 33 out of engagement with the uppermost projection 45 on the rearend of the lever '46. The locking arm 59 engaging the plate 116 and thelocking arm 97 for the motor, upon movement of the shaft 47, are

rocked with the shaft out of locking position and their movement islimited by the engagement of the uppermost stop 62 (Fig. 4) of thestepped plate 61 rigid on the shaft 47 with the plate 63 on the lever 65which has not been moved when but one ticket is to be issued.Simultaneously with the releasing of the machine the motor circuit isclosed and the main drive shaft 100 is given one complete rotation in aclockwise d irecI tion, but one rotation being required for a completeoperation of the machine when but one ticket is to be issued. Duringapproxt mately the first half of rotation of the drive shaft 100 thebell crank lever 113 carrying the centrally pivoted lever 124- and thelever 133 provided with the slot 130 in which the roller 129 on thelever 124 engages are not moved by their respective cams 121 and 137 asthe roller 120 (Fig. 5) on the arm 119 of the lever 113 plays in theconcentric portion 141 of its cam groove while the roller 136 (Fig. 4)on the arm 135 of the lever 133 rides in the concentric portion 142 ofits cam groove 137. While the roller 120 is passing into the eccentricportion 143 of its cam groove 121, the lever 113 is rockedcounter-'clockwise so that the plane surface of the lug 125 on the lever124 is carried into the same relative position with the lower edge ofthelowermost projection 127 on the forward end of the lever 46 that it iswhen these levers are in normal position and in this position it will beremembered that the plane surface of the stud 125 is slightly lower thanthe lower edge of the projection 127. During this counter-clockwisemovement of the lever 113, the roller 136 on the lever 133 is playing inthe eccentric portion 145 of its cam groove 137 and as this portion ofthe cam 137 is nearly like the eccentric portion 143 of the cam groove141 the levers 113 and 133 are moved nearly as a unit so that theengagement of the pin 129 on the lower end of the lever 124 with theupper edge of the eccentric slot 130 in the lever 133 is maintained. Theroller 120 on the lever 113 then plays in the second concentric portion146 of its cam groove 121 and the lever 113 is held stationary duringthis period, but as the roller 136 on the lever 133 is at this timeworking in the eccentric portion 143 lof its groove 137, which rocks thelever 133 clockwise, the lever 133 is given a movement relative to thenow stationary lever 113 so that the lower end of the slot 130 iscarried up into contact with the pin 129 on the lever 124. As the slot130 in the le ver 133 is eccentric to the shaft 47, the lever 124 isrocked in a. clockwise direction and the lug- 125 is thereby carriedunder the projection 127 of the positioned lever 46. When the roller 120on the lever 113 works in the eccentric portion 150 of its cam groove121 and the roller 136 works in the eccentric portion 151 of its camgroove 137, the levers 133 and 118 are rocked in a clockwise directionso that the lever 46 and therefore the shaft 47 are rocked to normalposition. As the locking arm 59 is fast to the shaft and the motorlocking arm 97 is connected to the shaft 47 by the arm 110 and link 105,they are restored to normal locking position on restoration of the shaft47 to normal position. Finally the lever 135 is given a reversemovement, that is, in a counter-clockwise direction relative to thelever 118 so that the lever 124 is rocked in a counterclockwisedirection through the slot 130 and pin 129 to carry the lug 125 out ofengagement with the lowermost projection 127 on the forward end of thelever 46.

Simultaneous with the rocking of the lever 124 so that the stud 125 istaken out of engagement with the projection 127 on t-he lever 46 themulti-armed member 38 is restored to norm-al position so that the lug 43on the arm 44 of the member 38 is again brought into engagement with theplane surface of the uppermost projection 45 on the rear end of thelever 46 in order -to retain the lever 46 in normal position until theneXt operation of the machine. To accomplish this purpose a stud 154(Fig. 2) projecting from the side of the disk 104 engages an inelinedface 155 on the upper end of the arm 48 and forces the arm rearward sothat the upper shoulder 49 of the arm 48 is carried out of engagementwith the lug 50 on the link 31. The rocking of the multi-armed member 38to initial position by the spring 51 is then permit-ted with thedepressed key remaining in operated position as the pin 36 on the arm 37of the member 38 by reason of the upper shoulder 49 of the arm 48 havingbeen thrown out of engagement with the lug 50 can be unoved out ofengagement with the lower end of the slot 36 in the link 31 and intoengagement with the upper end of the slot. To make such return movementof the member 38 positive the upwardly extending arm 157 of the member38 is provided with a projection 158 having an inclined edge 1-59 sothat the stud 154 will en gage the edge 159 after the upper shoulder 49of the arm 48 is carried out of engagement with the lug 50, and therebypositively restore the lug 43 on the member 38 to its locking positionover the projection 45 on the lever 46.

The restoration ofthe lever 46 to normal position in the manner justdescribed raises the link 69 so that the lower end of the notch 71 (Fig.7) in the upper end of the link engages the stud 72 in the bell cranklever 74 which supports one end of the locking detent 68 and moves thedetent rearward to carry the projections 94 out of the path of mov-ementof the pins 26 on the amount keys to permit the depressed key to bereturned to undepressed position by its spring 15 and the detent is heldout of locking position by the link 69 and lever 46 until the neXtoperation of the machine.

It will be remembered 'that in order to permit the rocking of themulti-armed member 38 to initial position with the depressed keyremaining in operated position the upper shoulder 49 of t-he arm 48 isdrawn out of engagement with the lug 50 on the link 31. After themulti-armed member 38 and the arm 48 are brought to initial Vpositionthe lower shoulder 49 of the arm 48 will just touch the lug 50 withoutrestoring the link 31 to normal position. The restoration of link 31 toinitial position takes place when the amount key is returned toundepressed position when the bell crank lever 20 is rockedcounter-clockwise (Fig. raising the link 31, after which, under theaction of the spring 51, the upper shoulder 49 will be brought under thelug 50. It will be seen from this that the depressed key must first bereturned to undepressed position before the machine can again beoperated. r1`he mechanism whereby the keys are released so that they maybe returned to undepressed position by their' springs has already beendescribed.

A cmomuZattag mechanism.

The mechanism for accumulating the value of the tickets issued by themachine comprises two totalizers which are adapted to be brought intoand out of engagement with actuating segment gears. These two totalizersas shown represent a daily totalizer 166 and a grand totalizer 167(Figs. 1 and 18), the dailyv totalizer being arranged to be reset tozero at the end of each day or for any other period of time, while thegrand totalizer is arranged to run on indenitely. Associated with thedaily totalizer is a total ticket counter for register ing the totalnumber of tickets issued bv the machine from the last resettingoperation of the daily totalizer. amounts on the totalizers, both ofthem are constructed to be moved simultaneously into engagement withtheir respective actuating segments 170 and 1701 (Figs. 6 and 18) afterthe latter have been positioned, such engagement being maintained untilthe actuating segments are returned to normal position, after which thetotalizers are re turned to their normal position out of engagementtherewith. The totalizer elements 165 (Figs. 1 and 11) of the dailytotalizer are constructed similarly to the totalizer elements 169 of thegrand totalizer 167 (Figs. 1 and 18) and the construction and operationof these elements of the two Lotalizers is the same except that thegrand totalizer cannot be reset to zero. 'The totalizer elements of thedaily totahzers are In the entering of loosely mounted on a shaft 168(Figs. 6 and 11) carriedin a frame 174. The registering wheel of thelowest order is actuated directly by the actuating segment gear 170which is adapted to engage the pinion 171 (Fig. 6) integral with thistotalizer wheel and this wheel is provided with alternate 0 and 5 and isarranged to transfer to the wheel of next highest order at each secondunit of movement, the wheels of higher order transferring after eachcomplete rotation. Carrying operations from wheels of lower order toWheels of higher order are accomplished by the well known Geneva stopmechanism as indicated in Fig. 11. he totalizer elements 169 (Figs. 1and 18) for the grand totalizer 167 which is carried in a frame 181 aresimilarly constructed and are actuated by an actuating rack 17 01 con`structed similarly to the actuating rack 170 for the daily tota-lizer.The registering elements 172 (Fig. 11) of the total ticket counteremployed for registering the number of tickets issued are looselymounted on a shaft 179. The shafts 168 and 173 are carried by the frame174. This frame is constructed of one plate or sheet of metal and ispiyoted at its rear end on a rod`175 which vextends between the end`frames of the machine. The frame is arrangedl to swing vertically in anopening 176 (Fig. 6) formed in the central frame 42 of the inachine. Theright hand side of this auxiliary frame is all in the same verticalplane and. forms a right angle with the top of the frame. The portion179 of the left side of the frame is parallel to the right side of theframe and supports the left hand end of the shaft 168., The portion 180of the left side of the frame is also parallel to the right side of theframe but is not in the same vertical' plane as `the portion 179, thedistance between 'the' right side of the frame andthe portion 180 beingless than that between the right sidey of the frame and the portion 179as shown in Figs. 1 and 6. The portion 180 of the frame supports theleft hand end of the shaft 17 3 which carries the account'- ing elements172"employed to register the number of tickets issued. Sight openings182v are provided in the top of the totalizer frame so that the amountsaccumulated on the totalizer elements may be readily seen.Y

The totalizer elements 169 for the grand totalizer167 are' also mountedin an auxiliary frame 181 (Figs. 1 and "18) which is mount ed on'theshaft17 5in the same manner that the auxiliary frame 17 4 is mountedthereon and the frame 181 differs fromV the frame 174- only in that ithas no portion` similar to the portion ofv the frame174 supporting therregistering elements 172 ofthe grand ticket counter as 11o-ticketcounter isV associated with the grand totalizer'.

The accounting elen'ients 172 for registerthe shaft 881.

ing the number of tickets issued are actuated by the engagement of thegraduated teeth 184 (Fig. 11) arranged in a manner well known in theart, on a common pawl 185, with the ratchet wheels 186, one of which isintegral with each registering wheel, whereby when one wheel is given acomplete rotation the wheel of next higher order is moved one degree orstep. This pawl 185 is pivotally mounted on a stud 188 which projectsfrom the left hand sideof the central frame 42 and the spring 189 coiledabout the stud 188 and bent at one end about the lower end of the pawl185 and engaging at the other end a stud 190, mainrains the engagementof the teeth 184 on the pawl with the ratchets 186. 1

The actuating gears 170 and 1701 (Figs. 6 and 18) for the dailytotalizer and grand totalizer respectively are rigidly mounted on ashaft 191 which eXtends longitudinally through the machine. After thesegment gears 170 and 1701 have been differentially positioned by theamount keys in a manner to be presently described the daily totalizerand the grand totalizer frames are rocked about their pivotal shaft 175so that the pinion 171 rigid with the registering wheel of the lowestdenomination of each of these totalizers is rocked into engagement withthe teeth of its actuating segment gear and the segment gears are thenrestored to normal position and thereby impart their dierential settingsto the registering wheels of the totalizers and finally the totalizersare carried out of engagement with the actuating segments upon thereturn movement of the totalizen frames to ynormal position. The meansby which the totalizer frames are rocked as just stated is shown mostclearly in Figs. 6 and 18. A pitman 195 is pivoted at 196 to thetotalizer frame 174 carry-ing the daily totalizer and a similar pitman1951 is connected at 194 to the grand totalizer frame 181, and at thelower ends of the pitinen are rollers 197 and 1971 playing in theirrespective cam grooves 198 and 1981 of box cams 199 and 1991 rigidlymounted on the shaft 881. The shaft 881 is given one complete rotationuponl each rotation of the main drive shaft 100 through the largeintermediate gear 388 (Fig. 2) which is loosely mounted on a stud 228 onthe right hand machine frame and meshes with the gear wheel 101 on themain drivev drive shaft and also with a gear wheel 384 rigidly mountedon Near the beginning of the operation of the machine but afterV theactuating segment gears 17 0 and 17 O1 have been differentially adjustedthe pitmen 195 and 1951 are simultaneously drawn downwardly by theircams 199 and 1991 and the totalizer frames 174 and 181 in this mannerare swung about their pivotal center 175 so that the pinion 171 of thetotalizer wheel of

